(G129 23/12/11 - BG - ON, GF(GM))
DAY 108 (28th Kythorn) (June) continued...
At half past eight at night, Oz and Fenrir transferred the false Giselle to
Old Jock's brewery, detaining her in Corum's room on the top floor. They let
Roberta head off, then had a discussion as to what to do next.
It was decided that Fenrir and Corum would deal with Giselle while Oz did other
things, and here, dear reader I will now recount Oz's adventures on leaving the
Brewery and return to the others later.
Firstly he went to the Pickled Fisherman Tavern in Dock Ward to talk to two
gentlemen of his acquaintance, Misters Dyne and Stripe Mirtle who did occasional
door work in the area. He hired them to drink with Jesker Smint in the Black
Star Inn the next night to soften him up as the first part of Oz's developing plan.
He then went to the Inn himself to observe Jesker, who that night was drinking
with two of his roguish cronies.
He then went up to Trades Ward to see if he could find a patrol of the watch
to talk to.
DAY 109 (29th Kythorn) (June)
As it rolled into the next day, he found a patrol of four watchmen, all of whom
he knew a little and signalled to the drow called 'Vincent' to talk to him. He
paid him to ask into the location of Brian the Merchant's body.
And hour after that Oz went round to the flat of Cavu the Cursed and broke in.
Initially he chose the wrong door but luckily did not disturb the family within.
The other flat's occupants were awake so after some indecision he knocked on
the door.
Cavu was within, in company of a young lady called Hortence. Cavu was surprised
to be disturbed so unexpectedly but Oz warned that if he could find him, then
others could to at which point Cavu gave him money to hire some body guards and
resolved to move to the Singing Sword the next day.
They spent an hour or so going over plans, then Oz went to sleep in the spare
room.
That morning, just before lunch, he went over to the bardic college of New Ollam
up on the side of Mount Waterdeep. Here he talked to Machelle to see if she
could cast a spell called 'Charm Person' but she could not.
She did however put him into contact with a femme fatale called Jessica Lupane
whom he hired along with her bodyguard called Jimmy the Horsepuncher to help him
with Jesker.
Deciding to do it tonight, he once more sought out the Mirtle brothers and
filled them in, then went to find his watchman friend Mameo to tell him roughly
what would be going on and where to be that night.
Oz got a few hours sleep at Mameo's house, then went over to the Black Star Inn
to observe his plan unfolding.
The Mirtle boys were drinking nearby Smint and his friends, but Smint took much
more of an interest when their 'sister' 'Mavis Mirtle' (actually Jessica)
arrived. She then lured Smint up to the room Oz had hired, charmed him and
pumped him for information.
He then took her out into the street where an argument with Jimmy was staged,
but when the watchmen came to see what was going on Smint ran away into a side
street. Oz managed to hit him with a bullet from his sling but the assassin
didn't stop and was lost in the night.
Jessica told Oz everything she had learned though, that Smint had been hired
by an 'elf' but she thought that was wrong as the woman described had pale
green skin, was tall and thin, had pointed ears and teeth and slanted eyes.
He had also stolen a note off of her, which Jessica now had and gave to Oz.
It read :
'Two objects are needed, seven people are needed,
Some people are objects and some objects are people,
Some people were people, but now they are objects,
Gather the people to gather the objects,
Destroy the objects and murder the people,
Seal up the portal and curse the old king!'
The final clue was that his next target was a monk who had been working for a
noble family but who was now in jail.
All together this gave Oz much to think about!
After escorting Jessica home, Oz was given a bed at New Olam and spent the
night there.
DAY 110 (30th Kythorn) (June)
It was a warm and sunny morning when Oz awoke, but he did not spend long over
breakfast. He first went to the Font of Knowledge and talked to Chamnabber and
paid 50 gold for his essay on demons and devils.
Next he went to the Inn of the Dripping Dagger and talked to a mercenary broker
called Filiare and hired two tough retired caravan guards. One was a woman
called Elsha Muleless and the other a man called Ferrand 'Dusty' Trails.
They were both in their late thirties. He then sent them over to Cavu.
